A. F. Schnider à Francfurt, Movement No. 810, 40 mm, 45 g, circa 1780

A very fine gold enamel verge pocket watch with pastoral scene
Case: gold, two-coloured gold bezels with lavish engravings of geometrical patterns, the back side with a polychrome enamel medallion depicting a pastoral scene against an engine-turned and translucent sun-yellow ground, large outer hinge. Dial: enamel, radial Roman hours, Louis XVI hands. Movm.: full plate movement, keywind, firegilt, signed, chain/fusee, solid movement pillars, three-arm brass balance, fine florally engraved and pierced balance bridge.